Java Local Host Get getLocalHost()

Description

Returns an InetAddress representing the address of the localhost.

License

Apache License

Exception

Parameter	Description
UnknownHostException	if there is a problem determining the address

Return

InetAddress the address of localhost

Declaration

public static InetAddress getLocalHost() throws UnknownHostException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns an InetAddress representing the address of the localhost. Every
     * attempt is made to find an address for this host that is not the loopback
     * address. If no other address can be found, the loopback will be returned.
     *
     * @return InetAddress the address of localhost
     * @throws UnknownHostException if there is a problem determining the address
     */
    public static InetAddress getLocalHost() throws UnknownHostException {
        InetAddress localHost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
        if (!localHost.isLoopbackAddress()) {
            return localHost;
        }
        InetAddress[] addrs = getAllLocalUsingNetworkInterface();
        for (InetAddress addr : addrs) {
            if (!addr.isLoopbackAddress()
                    && !addr.getHostAddress().contains(":")) {
                return addr;
            }
        }
        return localHost;
    }

    /**
     * Utility method that delegates to the methods of NetworkInterface to
     * determine addresses for this machine.
     *
     * @return all addresses found from the NetworkInterfaces
     * @throws UnknownHostException if there is a problem determining addresses
     */
    private static InetAddress[] getAllLocalUsingNetworkInterface()
            throws UnknownHostException {
        try {
            List<InetAddress> addresses = new ArrayList<InetAddress>();
            Enumeration<NetworkInterface> e = NetworkInterface
                    .getNetworkInterfaces();
            while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                NetworkInterface ni = e.nextElement();
                for (Enumeration<InetAddress> e2 = ni.getInetAddresses(); e2
                        .hasMoreElements();) {
                    addresses.add(e2.nextElement());
                }
            }
            return addresses.toArray(new InetAddress[] {});
        } catch (SocketException ex) {
            throw new UnknownHostException("127.0.0.1");
        }
    }
}

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